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American STEM Education Needs an Overhaul
If the United States is to remain an innovation powerhouse, it must radically target deficiencies in public education.
In a letter to his wife Abigail, John Adams wrote, “I must study politics and war, that our sons may have the liberty to study mathematics and philosophy.
- Robert Bellafiore
- The National Interest
Our sons ought to study mathematics and philosophy, geography, natural history and naval architecture, navigation, commerce, and agriculture in order to give their children a right to study painting, poetry, music, architecture, statuary, tapestry, and porcelain.”
It reflects a sensible recognition that education inherently involves securing a nation’s most fundamental interests—its security and…